Gulf Council Meeting Materials – October 2016

October 17 – 20, 2016

IP Casino & Resort
850 Bayview Avenue
Biloxi, Mississippi

 

Agenda and Summary Documents

• Committee Roster 2015 – 2016 (Tab A, No. 2a)
• Committees & Council Agenda
• Meeting Minutes from August Council
• Action Schedule
• Meeting Dates

Full Council Session

Monday, October 17, 2016

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Review and Adoption of Proposed 2016-2017 Council Committee Roster (Tab A, No. 2b) – Leann Bosarge, Chair

Committee Sessions

Monday, October 17, 2016

9:00 am – 12:00 am: Data Collection Committee (Tab F) – Greg Stunz, Chair

• Download all of Tab F
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab F, No. 1) – Stunz
• Approval of Minutes (Tab F, No. 2) – Stunz
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab F, No. 3) – Froeschke
• Presentation on NFWF For-Hire Pilot Program (Tab F, No. 4) – Gill
• For-Hire Reporting Requirements
  • Technical Committee Review and Recommendations (Tab F, No. 5a) – Froeschke
  • Modifications to Generic Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirements (Tab F, No. 5b) – Froeschke
  • Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter For-Hire AP Comments (Tab B, No. 10b) – Simmons
  • Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Froeschke
  • Summary of Public Comments (Tab F, No. 5d) – Froeschke
  • LEC Summary of Public Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Simmons
• Cost Analysis and Reporting Requirements of Commercial Electronic Reporting Program (Tab F, No. 6) – SEFSC
• Other Business – Stunz

– Lunch Recess –

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Shrimp Committee (Tab D) – Leann Bosarge, Chair

• Download all of Tab D
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab D, No. 1) – Bosarge
• Approval of Minutes (Tab D, No. 2) – Bosarge
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab D, No. 3) – Kilgour
• October 2016 Shrimp Committee Meeting Brief (Tab D, No. 4)
• Update on NMFS Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Rule (Tab D, Nos. 4a and 4b) – SERO Staff
• Risk Assessment for Threshold Permit Numbers Relative to Sea Turtle Incidental Take Constraints (Tab D, Nos. 5a and 5b) – NMFS Staff
  • SSC Report (Tab B, No. 12a) and Verbatim Minutes (Tab B, No. 12b) – SSC Representative
• Revised Options Paper for Shrimp Amendment 17B (Tab D, No. 7) – Kilgour
• Other Business: Supplement 1 & Supplement 2 – Bosarge

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Administrative/Budget Committee (Tab G) – Leann Bosarge, Chair

• Download all of Tab G
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab G, No. 1) – Bosarge
• Approval of Minutes (Tab G, No. 2) – Bosarge
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab G, No. 3) – Gregory
• Review of State, Council, and NMFS Annual Leave Policies (Tab G, No. 4a & 4b) – Gregory
• Review of Council Staff Bonuses (Tab G, No. 5) – Gregory
• Other Business – Bosarge

3:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Mackerel Committee (Tab C) – Pamella Dana, Chair

• Download all of Tab C
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab C, No. 1) – Dana
• Approval of Minutes (Tab C, No. 2) – Dana
• Action Guides and Next Steps (Tab C, No. 3) – Dana
• Public Hearing Draft: CMP Amendment 29: Allocation Sharing and Accountability Measures for Gulf King Mackerel (Tab C, No. 4) – Rindone
  • Review of Public Hearing Locations – Rindone
• Final Draft: CMP Framework Amendment 5: Modifications to Pelagic Commercial Permit Restrictions in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic (Tab C, No. 5) – Rindone
  • Review of Codified Text (Tab C, No. 5a) – Rindone
  • Public Comments Received (Tab C, No. 5b) – Rindone
• Final Draft: CMP Amendment 30: Atlantic Cobia Recreational Fishing Year (Tab C, No. 6) – Rindone
  • Review of Codified Text (Tab C, No. 6a) – Rindone
  • Public Comments Received (Tab C, No. 6b) – Rindone
• Review of SSC Discussion of Updated Gulf King Mackerel Projections – Powers
• Other Business – Dana

4:45 pm – 5:45 pm: Full Council Closed Session

• Appointments for the Ad Hoc Private Recreational AP (Tab T)

– Recess –

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 – please note earlier meeting start time of 8:00 am

8:00 am – 12:00 pm: Reef Fish Management Committee (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair

• Download all of Tab B
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab B, No. 1) – Greene
• Adoption of Minutes (Tab B, No. 2) – Greene
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab B, No. 3) – Atran
• Review of Proposed Regulations on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (Tab B, No. 4) – Kilgour
  • Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
• SEDAR 47 Goliath Grouper Benchmark Assessment (Tab B, No. 5b)
  • Summary of Assessment and Summary Assessment with Notes (Tab B, No. 5a) – O’Hop (FWRI)
  • SSC Report (Tab B, No. 12a) and Verbatim Minutes (Tab B, No. 12b)
  • Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13)
• Draft Framework Action – Mutton Snapper ACL and Managment Measures and Gag Commercial Size Limit
  • Review of Draft Framework Action (Tab B, No. 6) – Froeschke
  • Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
  • Law Enforcement Technical Committee Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Lasseter
• Draft Amendment 42 – Reef Fish Management for Headboat Survey Vessels – Diagne
  • Draft Amendment 42 (Tab B, No. 7a)
  • Final Action – Referendum Eligibility Requirements (Tab B, No. 7b)
• 2016 Red Snapper For-Hire Landings Relative to ACT (Tab B, No. 8) – Diaz

– Lunch Recess –

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Reef Fish Management Committee Continued (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair

• Draft Amendment 46 – Gray Triggerfish Rebuilding Plan
  • Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 9a) – Simmons
  • Commercial (Tab B, No. 9b) and Recreational (Tab B, No. 9c) Decision Tools
  • SSC Comments on Commercial and Recreational Decision Tools (Tab B, No. 12a) -SSC Representative
  • Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
  • Law Enforcement Technical Committee Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Lasseter
  • Selection of Public Hearing Locations – Greene
• Draft Amendment 41 – Red Snapper Management for Federally Permitted Charter Vessels
  • Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 10a) – Lasseter
  • Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter AP Comments (Tab B, No. 10b) – Freeman

– Recess –

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 – please note earlier meeting start time of 8:00 am

8:00 am – 9:30 am: Reef Fish Committee continued (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair

• Draft Amendment 36A – Modifications to Commercial IFQ Programs
  • Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 11) – Lasseter
  • Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
  • Law Enforcement Technical Committee Comments (Tab L, No. 5) – Lasseter
• Standing and Reef Fish SSC Summary (for items not discussed elsewhere on agenda) (Tab B, No. 12a) – SSC Representative
  • Discussion on Limit and Target Reference Points and MSY Proxies for Reef Fish
  • Review of ABC Control Rule Alternatives
  • Other Business
• Reef Fish AP Summary (for items not discussed elsewhere on agenda) (Tab B, No. 13) – Simmons
  • Discussion of Carryover of Underharvested Red Snapper ACL to the Following Season
  • Recreational and Commercial Allocation Exchange
  • Other Business
• Other Business – Greene

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Joint Coral/Habitat Committee (Tab N) – Dale Diaz, Chair

• Download all of Tab N
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab N, No. 1) – Diaz
• Approval of Minutes (Tab N, No. 2) – Diaz
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab N, No. 3) – Kilgour/Froeschke
• Final Draft of 5-year EFH Review (Tab N, No. 4) – Roberts/Froeschke
• Scoping Draft for Coral HAPC Amendment 7 (Tab N, No. 5) -Kilgour
  • Reef Fish AP Comments (Tab B, No. 13)
• Other Business – Chair

– Break –

11:00 am – 11:30 am: Law Enforcement Committee (Tab L) – Doug Boyd, Chair

• Download all of Tab L
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab L, No. 1)– Boyd
• Approval of Minutes (Tab L, No. 2) – Boyd
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab L, No. 3) – Atran
• Review and Approval of Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Law Enforcement Operations and Strategic Plans – S. VanderKooy (GSMFC)
  • Operations Plan (Tab L, No. 4a)
  • Strategic Plan (Tab L, No. 4b)
• Summary of Law Enforcement Technical Committee (Tab L, No. 5)
• Other Business – Boyd

– Recess –

Council Session

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

• 1:00 pm – 1:05 pm: Call to Order, Announcements, and Introductions – Bosarge
• 1:05 pm – 1:10 pm: Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes (Tab A, No. 3 & 4) – Bosarge
• 1:10 pm – 1:15 pm: Review Exempted Fishing Permit (EFPs) Applications (if any) (Tab S) – Crabtree/Bosarge
• 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Presentations
  • Draft Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Amendments 5b and 10 (Tab A, No. 7) – Dubeck/Cudney
    • Supplement 1 – A5b Proposed Rule Listserv Notice
    • Supplement 2 – DEIS Amendment 5b to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan
  • Climate Vulnerability Analysis for Gulf Managed Stocks (Tab A, No. 8) – SEFSC
  • Mississippi Law Enforcement Presentation (Tab A, No. 9) – Pittman
  • NMFS-SERO – Landing Summaries (Tab A, No. 10) – Gerhart

  – 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm: Break –

• 2:45 pm – 5:30 pm: Public Comment – Bosarge
  • Final Action on Framework Amendment 5: To Remove the Prohibition on Retaining the Recreational King Mackerel Bag Limit with Commercial King Mackerel Permit
  • Final Action on Referendum Requirements for Reef Fish Amendment 42: Reef Fish Management for Headboat Survey Vessels
  • Proposed Fishing Regulations on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
  • Final Action on CMP Amendment 30: Atlantic Cobia Recreational Fishing Year
  • Open Testimony on any Other Fishery Issues or Concerns

– Recess –

Thursday, October 20, 2016 – please note earlier meeting start time of 8:00 am

• 8:00 am – 12:00 pm: Committee Reports
  • Data Collection (Tab F) – Stunz
  • Mackerel (Tab C) – Dana
    • CMP Amendment 29 AM Examples
  • Shrimp (Tab D) – Bosarge
  • Administrative/Budget (Tab G) – Bosarge
  • Closed Session Report: Ad Hoc Private Recreational Angler AP Membership and Discuss the Charge of the AP (Tab T) – Bosarge
  • Law Enforcement (Tab L) – Boyd
  • Reef Fish (Tab B) – Greene
    • FGBNMS Expansion Regulations-Rev

  – Recess –

  • 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Committee Reports continued
    • Joint Coral/Habitat Protection (Tab N) – Diaz
    • 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Vote on Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) Applications, if any (Tab S) – Bosarge
    • 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Supporting Agencies Summary Reports – Bosarge
      • South Atlantic Council Liaison
      • Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
      • U.S. Coast Guard
      • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
      • Department of State
    • 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Other Business – Bosarge

    – Adjourn –